this volume is the result of a cooperative effort between the world Bank Institute and the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) to encourage policy discussion of the links between global environmental concerns and national development policies and programs. The report is based on the premise that...

This paper describes the general rationale for marginal opportunity cost (MOC) pricing, illustrating the concept with special reference to municipal water supply. The various elements of MOC for water, namely marginal production or private cost (MPC); marginal user or depletion cost (MUC); and...